Eubanks v. Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n

After jury trial, with all issues answered favorably to petitioner J. L. Eubanks, judgment for $8329.87 was rendered for him against respondent Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, insurer of petitioner’s employer, Gillette Motor Transport, Inc., under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The Court of Civil Appeals sustained two points of error and remanded the cause to the District Court for a new trial. 240 S. W. 2d 811.

Petitioner alleged that while working in the course of his employment he was injured by being struck on the head by a falling piece of timber, and that total and permanent…